The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

Have you ever looked at a world map and wondered why some countries seem much larger than others, even though that doesn't match the real world? Well, that’s because the map you're used to is likely ...

Water temperatures have surged above 85 degrees in the Mediterranean Sea, where records have been broken every day for weeks.

Most of us grew up looking at world maps that dramatically distorted the actual size of countries, and we had no idea. In this eye-opening video, we reveal the truth about how big (or small) countries ...

Researchers have recovered and sequenced Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from 4,000-year-old human remains in Chile, ...

NexGold Mining Corp. (TSXV: NEXG; OTCQX: NXGCF) ("NexGold" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing 25,000-metre diamond drill program ...

ID Number 2004.0131.09 Object Name Prints, set of 2 prints, set of 2 map prints, map set of 2 print Object Type Photomechanical Lithographic Processes Measurements overall: 116 cm x 84.3 cm; 45 11/16 ...

Prof Dr Ferdinand Jan ‘Ferjan’ Ormeling Jr – a pioneer of thematic and atlas cartography, as well as geographical names – ...

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